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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk of Dallas celebrated her |
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| 6 | 7 | | 44th birthday on May 14, 2021, to the great delight of her family |
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| 7 | 8 | | and friends; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The daughter of Debra Rutherford Thompson and John |
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| 9 | 10 | | Philp Thompson Jr., the former Mary Ann Thompson was born in Mexico |
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| 10 | 11 | | in 1977 and grew up in Dallas; as a child, she experienced hearing |
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| 11 | 12 | | loss and other health issues, but she learned from her father to |
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| 12 | 13 | | embrace challenges as opportunities to grow stronger and find ways |
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| 13 | 14 | | to make the world a better place; she became an admired artist, |
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| 14 | 15 | | receiving such major accolades as the ARTV Sculptor of the Year |
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| 15 | 16 | | award; in addition, she has served on the advisory board of the |
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| 16 | 17 | | Visual Arts Coalition of Dallas, which represents more than 7,500 |
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| 17 | 18 | | artists, and she donated space to the organization; and |
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| 18 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Thompson-Frenk has been very involved in |
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| 19 | 20 | | philanthropy, human rights, and the environment, as well as the |
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| 20 | 21 | | arts, and she has served on the boards of numerous worthwhile |
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| 21 | 22 | | organizations; with her husband, Joshua Frenk, she founded the |
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| 22 | 23 | | Memnosyne Institute, and she serves as president of the |
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| 23 | 24 | | organization, which encourages positive, peaceful global |
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| 24 | 25 | | collaboration in all areas of knowledge; during the COVID-19 |
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| 25 | 26 | | pandemic, Ms. Thompson-Frenk guided the Memnosyne Institute in |
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| 26 | 27 | | addressing the need for KN95 reusable masks for indigenous |
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| 27 | 28 | | communities across the country; the couple also established the |
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| 28 | 29 | | John Philp Thompson Foundation, which supports research on |
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| 29 | 30 | | non-radiation/non-chemotherapy cures for glioblastoma; much in |
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| 30 | 31 | | demand internationally as a speaker, Ms. Thompson-Frenk has |
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| 31 | 32 | | addressed organizations from the United Nations and TEDx to the |
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| 32 | 33 | | Parliament of World Religions; she was the first major investor in |
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| 33 | 34 | | Dallas-based Women That Soar; among numerous accolades, she has |
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| 34 | 35 | | received the 2018 Civic Pioneer Award and the Southern Methodist |
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| 35 | 36 | | University Profiles in Leadership Award; and |
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| 36 | 37 | | WHEREAS, With the passage of another year, Mary Ann |
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| 37 | 38 | | Thompson-Frenk may reflect with pride on her wide-ranging |
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| 38 | 39 | | accomplishments and on the many significant contributions she has |
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| 39 | 40 | | made in behalf of her fellow Texans; now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 41 | 42 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk on her 44th |
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| 42 | 43 | | birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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| 43 | 44 | | be it further |
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| 44 | 45 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 45 | 46 | | prepared for Ms. Thompson-Frenk as an expression of high regard by |
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| 46 | 47 | | the Texas House of Representatives. |
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